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Spirit AeroSystems Announces Split Acquisitions by Boeing, Airbus

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Spirit AeroSystems, a global manufacturer of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and business/regional jets recently announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with The Boeing Company. Additionally, Spirit has agreed to a subsequent agreement in which aerospace manufacturer Airbus acquires certain Spirit assets that serve Airbus programs.

Dave Calhoun
President & CEO
The Boeing Group
Source: Linked In

The $8.3 billion Boeing transaction, expected to close mid-2025, will include all Boeing-related commercial, defense, aftermarket operations, and a commitment to ongoing partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense and Spirit defense operations. Spirit AeroSystems manufactures fuselage structures for the Boeing 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner, among other aircraft programs.

Patrick M. Shanahan
President & CEO
Spirit AeroSystems
Source: U.S. Department of Defense

“This is an opportunity to bring back critical airplane manufacturing work on Boeing airplanes into our factories–where Boeing and Spirit world-class engineers and mechanics can work seamlessly together, focused on a common mission to build safe and quality airplanes for our customers,” said Dave Calhoun, president and CEO of Boeing, in a statement to employees on July 1, 2024.

The Airbus transaction will run concurrently with the closing of Spirit’s acquisition by Boeing and involves the potential acquisition of major activities related to Airbus, notably the production of A350 fuselage sections in Kinston, North Carolina, U.S., and St. Nazaire, France; of the A220’s wings and mid-fuselage in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Casablanca, Morocco; as well as of the A220 pylons in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

“Bringing Spirit and Boeing together will enable greater integration of both companies’ manufacturing and engineering capabilities, including safety and quality systems,” said Patrick M. Shanahan, president and CEO of Spirit. “We are proud of the part we have played in Airbus’ programs and believe bringing these programs under Airbus ownership will enable greater integration and alignment.”

In taking over those operations, Airbus will pay a nominal $1.00 and will be compensated with $559 million from Spirit AeroSystems.

Related press releases are available in their original form here, here, and here.

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Canadian Gov’t Provides $9 Million to Aerospace Manufacturer

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Over $9 million FedDev Ontario investment is helping Cyclone Manufacturing Incorporated (Cyclone) to add a heat treatment oven at its Milton facility, commercialize 1,500 parts, and support 110 jobs at Milton and Mississauga locations.

This investment through the Aerospace Regional Recovery Initiative, will help Cyclone expand its facilities in all its four locations. The expansions will also include commercialization of 1,500 parts, a temperature-controlled production area at one of its Mississauga facilities, increase the company’s ability to create new and larger aircraft metal parts, and continue to perform sub-assemblies for major OEMs like Bombardier, Boeing, Airbus and Embraer.

MP Adam van Koeverden and MP Rechie Valdez visited Cyclone Manufacturing Incorporated’s (Cyclone) Milton location
Source: Cyclone Manufacturing Inc.

Adam van Koeverden, the Member of Parliament for Milton, along with Rechie Valdez, the Member of Parliament for Mississauga–Streetsville, visited Cyclone at its Milton facility.  “This project will help Cyclone expand in a green way," commented van Koeverden, "supporting 110 local jobs while contributing to the growth of the aerospace sector here in southern Ontario.” 

“Today’s investment will help the company emerge from the pandemic as a key player within the global aerospace supply chain," added Valdez.

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Airbus Increases Manufacturing Production

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pr logo“In June Airbus cut output by 40% overall, but the manufacturer reportedly is communicating to suppliers that it will increase production of its A320 series to 47/month in the second half of next year.” – American Machinist, 10/25/2020

Airbus has just delivered its first U.S.-assembled A220 aircraft from Mobile, Alabama. With this sale, the global aircraft producer seems to be moving into a new era of U.S. aircraft production. The aircraft was delivered to Delta Air Lines.

C. Jeffrey (Jeff) Knittel
Chairman & CEO
Airbus Americas, Inc.

“The delivery of the first U.S.-built A220-300 is a historic moment that highlights Airbus’ growing industrial footprint in North America and makes us all extremely proud,” said C. Jeffrey Knittel, Chairman & CEO Airbus Americas Inc. “We look forward to seeing passengers delighted by the experience of travelling on board this brand new A220-300 proudly built in Mobile, Alabama.”

To date, approximately 400 U.S. employees have been trained on A220 production – some in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, where the A220 program and primary final assembly line are located. A year ago, the first U.S. based A220 production team, comprised of experienced and new team members, began assembling A220s in Mobile.

Benefitting from the latest technologies, the A220 offers a 50% reduced noise footprint compared to previous generation aircraft, 25% lower fuel burn per seat, and 50% lower NOx emissions than industry standards. Airbus claims the A220 offers 25% lower operating costs per seat compared to previous generation aircraft.

As of end September 2020, 123 A220s have been delivered to seven operators and are being flown on routes in Asia, America, Europe, and Africa.

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Coronavirus Impact on Auto, Aerospace Industries Uncertain

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The Hubei province of China has now been shut down for three weeks due to the Coronavirus outbreak, and industries around the world–including automotive and aerospace–face continued uncertainty about the future while an industrial powerhouse roughly the size of Sweden sits quiet. Despite more than 900 lives having been claimed by the virus in China thus far, some companies, including Tesla and Airbus, have cautiously reopened and gone back to work with the government’s blessing while others remain shut.

Airbus’ Chinese division has been given permission by Beijing to “gradually increase production, whilst implementing all required health and safety measures for Airbus employees, which remains the top priority.” Their final assembly line in Tianjin has restarted operations. In response to the Chinese government’s statement, the company stated, “[We are] constantly evaluating the situation and monitoring any potential knock-on effects to production and deliveries and will try to mitigate via alternative plans where necessary.”

Meanwhile, the automotive industry continues to be plagued by shutdowns that are starting to impact global manufacturing. Hyundai Motor, General Motors, Volkswagen, Renault, and Toyota Motor have extended their suspension of operations. Factories in the Hubei province expected to open on February 13 have had that deadline extended, and some provinces and districts have instructed companies not to reopen until March 1. The province of Hubei accounts for 9% of all Chinese automotive production.

Razat Gaurav, CEO
Llamasoft

The impact of the shutdown is expected to extend beyond auto companies to manufacturers of auto parts as well. According to Razat Gaurav, CEO of Llamasoft, an AI-driven software development company that works with several automakers including Ford and General Motors, “Most OEMs single source components for new vehicles and China is a large supplier of those. Thus, there is exposed risk. The automotive industry has been going through a ‘regionalization’ trend for the last 5 to 8 years . . . Even so, there is a ripple effect in other parts of the world. For example, Hyundai is one of the first automotive companies announcing closures outside of China, at its South Korean factories; France’s Renault also announced a shutdown in its South Korea facilities. Fiat Chrysler warned it may need to halt production in one of its European plants due to a shortage of parts. While we have talked a lot about the manufacturers themselves, the impact on the supplier base is significant as well.”

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Airbus Introduces a Whale of a Transport Aircraft

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The Airbus BelugaXL transport aircraft has entered swimmingly into service. The manufacturer noted the new jet is the first of six planned BelugaXL aircraft providing 30% more transport capacity. This whale-like transport is 63 meters long and 8 meters wide and claims to have the largest cargo bay cross-section of any existing cargo aircraft in the world.

The new aircraft has a maximum payload of 51 metric tons, and a range of 4,000 km (2200 nautical miles) and made its first flight in mid-January. It is based on an A330-200 freighter and is powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. This internal aircraft program was awarded Type Certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in November 2019, following an intensive flight-test campaign.

Airbus plans to introduce five additional BelugaXL aircraft between 2020 and 2023.

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Airbus to Increase Production of U.S. Aircraft

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Airbus will expand operations in the U.S. by increasing the production rate of A320 family aircraft at its U.S. manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama, to seven per month by the beginning of 2021 as part of its plans to produce 63 of this aircraft per month. With plans already in place for production of four A220 aircraft per month in Mobile by the middle of the decade, Airbus is on track to produce more than 130 aircraft in Mobile each year for its airline customers.

C. Jeffrey Knittel,
Airbus Americas Chairman & CEO

Airbus Americas Chairman and CEO C. Jeffrey Knittel said, “Airbus has been manufacturing in the U.S. for many years now through our helicopter, aircraft, and satellite products. This increase in commercial aircraft production in Mobile is an exciting expansion of our significant industrial investment in the U.S., and it continues Airbus’ positive contribution to American aerospace.”

Airbus plans to open its new final assembly line for the A220 in Mobile this year and deliver the first U.S.-made A220. They are on track to deliver their 200th U.S.-built A320 family aircraft in the summer.

 

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Independent Testing Confirms Advanced Coating Improves Fatigue Life; Airbus Signs On

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An HTT consultant on Hardide A coating technology . . .

“The technology behind using advanced tungsten carbide coatings for metal parts, as described in this article, looks very promising, and in my estimation bears further investigation. The stereotypical misgiving with coatings, irrespective of the method of deposition [i.e. PVD, CVD] is that although they improve wear and corrosion resistance, they result in marginally decreased fatigue life. This technology would appear to answer the fatigue life portion of this question; however, this article really does not speak to the corrosion/wear resistance properties of the process.” ~ Michael Mouilleseaux, General Manager, Erie Steel Ltd.

Air Europa Airbus A330-202

A UK-based provider of advanced tungsten carbide coatings for metal parts recently announced that its tungsten carbide/tungsten metal matrix composite coating has been selected as the replacement for hard chrome plating (HCP) on Airbus A330 compression flap pads.

Following this announcement, Hardide Coatings, which also has a facility in Martinsville, Virginia, for processing parts for customers in North America, received word from an independent testing source that Hardide-A tungsten carbide/tungsten metal matrix composite coating improves the fatigue life of metal components by 4.5% when compared to uncoated substrates. The tests were conducted by Westmoreland Mechanical Testing and Research Ltd (WMTR), a leading aerospace qualified testing laboratory in the UK and USA, concluding also that Hardide-A eliminates the need for costly secondary shot peening, making the coating a significant advancement in materials optimization for the aerospace and other industries where fatigue debit of surface-coated metals is a problem.

WMTR used the rotating bend fatigue test method complying with BS ISO 1143:2010. This test is considered to be the most sensitive to the effects of surface treatment on fatigue properties. Samples of S99 steel were coated with Hardide-A to a thickness of 63-70 microns and hardness of ~950 Vickers, which are mid-value thickness and hardness properties for this coating type. The test was discontinued after 15 million cycles.

Traditionally, the fatigue debit after hard coatings such as hard chrome plating (HCP) and HVOF coatings have been applied can be as much as 60% and only following shot peening of the coated surface can this be reduced to around a 20% debit. The Hardide-A coating recorded a fatigue life increase of +4.5% after coating without any need for shot peening. The Wöhler S-N curve for the coated samples is clearly positioned above the uncoated control samples’ curve by ~40 MPa throughout the whole range of the N cycles to failure.

Dr. Yuri Zhuk, technical director at Hardide Coatings

Fatigue debit of surface-coated metals has been a long-standing problem for the aerospace industry; Hardide-A was developed specifically to meet the needs of the sector. This environmentally compliant and technically superior replacement for HCP and HVOF coatings provides enhanced protection against corrosion and chemically aggressive media, wear, galling, fretting, and fatigue.

“Metal fatigue is an enduring problem in aerospace as well as for the steam and industrial gas turbines industries, and we recognized the value in commissioning independent testing to verify the fatigue advantages of Hardide-A,” said Dr. Yuri Zhuk, technical director at Hardide Coatings. “The positive 4.5% improvement to fatigue life provides the detailed analysis and assurance that our solution is an improved alternative to traditional HCP and HVOF coatings. Unlike these other coatings, Hardide-A has no through micro-porosity, so creating an excellent barrier against corrosion as well as improving fatigue performance.”

 

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15 Quick Heat Treat News Chatter Items to Keep You Current

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Heat Treat Today offers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry.

Personnel and Company Chatter

  • TimkenSteel has announced that Ward J. “Tim” Timken, Jr. has stepped down as CEO and president and as chairman of the TimkenSteel board of directors. Effective immediately, the Board of Directors has appointed Terry L. Dunlap as the company’s interim CEO and president. John P. Reilly, the current lead director of the TimkenSteel board of directors, will immediately assume the role of chairman of the board.
  • Rick Merluzzi has been promoted to the position of CEO at Metal Exchange Corporation. Mike Lefton, current chairman and CEO, will assume the title of executive chairman. Merluzzi oversees all their businesses, including Metal Exchange Trading, Pennex Aluminum Company, Continental Aluminum and Electro Cycle, Inc.
  • Platte River Equity has sold its portfolio company PRV Metals to Tinicum LP. PRV Metals, a leading supplier of specialty forged titanium and high-performance steel products to aerospace, defense, medical, energy, and industrial sectors, operates through two subsidiaries Sierra Alloys and TSI Titanium. 
  • US aviation group Collins Aerospace has extended the contracts for the supply of thrust reverser housings for the engine gondolas of the Airbus A350 XWB and Boeing 787 aircraft. The order includes the delivery of the engine cowlings into the next decade. This contract renewal is a major contribution to strengthening FACC’s position as an international partner in the Engines & Nacelles segment.
  • Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc has announced it will spend $15.3 million to renovate and equip a dilapidated, 58,000-square-foot building in Geddes, New York, to replace the company’s facility that burned down in Van Buren, New York, in 2018. Equipment will be purchased that will allow the company to perform heat treatment processes not currently available in the United States.
  • Element Materials Technology has announced that its new aerospace materials testing laboratory in Shanghai, China, is now open for business. Element confirmed it has completed a number of accreditations including ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and Nadcap, with OEM audits underway. The new laboratory specializes in a comprehensive range of services that include: chemical analysis; fatigue testing; failure investigation; mechanical testing; metallurgical analysis, and on-site testing at client sites. Customers will also benefit from pre-testing services, including a full machine shop and heat treatment furnaces for the treatment of materials prior to testing.
  • Construction is moving forward at a brisk pace at Stack Metallurgical Group‘s new Albany, Oregon site, where the company will offer both Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) and vacuum heat-treating services.

Equipment Chatter

  • Three intelligent waste heat recovery systems have been awarded by Tangshan Zhengfeng Iron & Steel Co., LTD, in Hebei Province, China, to Tenova, a Techint Group company specializing in innovative solutions for the metals and mining industries.
  • A contract to supply on-site nitrogen to Samwha Capacitor’s new multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) plant being built adjacent to its existing plant in Yongin, South Korea, has been awarded to Air Products. Under the new contract, Air Products will expand its nitrogen capacity to support the increasing demand from Samwha Capacitor’s existing and new plants.
  • Advanced soft magnetic expertise and ultra-efficient electrical components will be provided by Carpenter Technology to multiple OEMs to progress their electric aircraft aspirations.  Carpenter Technology will provide advanced soft magnetic expertise and ultra-efficient electrical components to be used in R&D and demonstrator motors and engines, leading to construction of lighter-weight, longer-lasting electric propulsion systems.
  • Two reheating furnaces to reheat blooms and billets have been delivered to Shijiazhuang Iron & Steel Company within China’s HBIS Group by Fives.

Kudos Chatter

  • Element Materials Technology has been awarded the 2018 Gold Boeing Performance Excellence Award (BPEA) for its Huntington Beach, California, laboratory, while the Element Los Angeles laboratory won Silver. The annual award recognizes superior performance in the highest tiers of Boeing’s supply chain. This is the second year Element Huntington Beach has achieved the Gold award and the first year that Element Los Angeles has achieved Silver status.
  • Plibrico Corporation has awarded employees Joe Feldhacker, a project manager from Plibrico’s Omaha, Nebraska location, and Lou Calderon, refractory CAD designer in the company’s engineering department in Northbrook, Illinois, API 936 Refractory Personnel Certification. Both demonstrated advanced knowledge of installation, inspection, testing and repair of monolithic refractory linings, passing the rigorous API 936 exam administered by the American Petroleum Institute (API), a national trade association representing all facets of the natural gas and oil industry.
  • Spirit AeroSystems was recognised at the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) with the Award for Composite Excellence (ACE) in Manufacturing: Material and Process Innovation. Spirit received the award for its development of the Advanced Structures Technology and Revolutionary Architecture (ASTRA) demonstrator aircraft panel, which was displayed at the CAMX conference in Anaheim, California.
  • The 100th nacelle system for Airbus’ A330neo wide-body jetliner has been delivered by Safran Nacelles.

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Metal A.M. Solutions Provider Enters Initiative to Develop Processes for Titanium Alloys Aero Parts

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A leading provider of metal additive manufacturing solutions recently announced that it has entered into an ambitious research and development (R&D) initiative with a metallurgist expert and one of the world leaders in high-performance steels, superalloys, titanium, and aluminum and a multinational aerospace corporation.

Sciaky EBAM®system
Sciaky EBAM®system

The goal of the R&D initiative between Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Inc.; Aubert & Duval; and Airbus, and piloted by the Saint Exupéry Institute for Research in Technology (IRT) is to couple traditional metallurgy—high-power closed die forging—with emerging wire fed metal 3D printing techniques—in this case, Sciaky’s groundbreaking Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM®) process—to develop new processes for manufacturing titanium alloys aircraft parts.

The Production Engineering laboratory of the National School of Engineering in Tarbes, France, will serve as an academic partner for this project, also known as the Metallic Advanced Materials for Aeronautics (MAMA) project.

Scott Phillips, president and CEO of Sciaky, Inc
Scott Phillips, president and CEO of Sciaky, Inc

In this first phase, the project has global funding just under $4.8M (€ 4,2 M) of which 50% are supported by the French State as part of the “Investing in the Future” program (PIA – Programme Investissement d’Avenir), the other 50% being funded by its industrial partners.

“Sciaky is proud to work with the Saint Exupéry IRT, Aubert & Duval, and Airbus on this exciting project,” said Scott Phillips, president and CEO of Sciaky, Inc. “Industrial metal additive manufacturing technology continues to break new ground every day, and Sciaky is committed to keeping EBAM at the forefront of this movement.”

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A Dozen & a Half Quick Heat Treat News Items to Keep You Current

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A Dozen & a Half Quick Heat Treat News Items to Keep You Current

Heat Treat Today offers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry.

Personnel and Company Chatter

  • Dustin Lawhon was recently promoted to Regional Sales Manager at Paulo, responsible for establishing relationships with new customers in the Great Lakes Region.
  • A manufacturer of metal components for the automotive industry recently inaugurated its new plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Gestamp‘s new plant for manufacturing chassis parts will be equipped with state-of-the-art machinery for hot stamping and hydroforming, among other technologies.
  • A large oil pipeline project in South America will have its nickel-based, flat-rolled products supplied by Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI), with shipments beginning in second quarter 2019 and scheduled to be completed by year-end.
  • A company providing machine safeguarding solutions announced that it has launched a new Combustion Safety division that provides turnkey solutions for organizations that use thermal processes in their operations. Rockford Systems LLC‘s new expanded division will be led by Robert Sanderson P.E. who has been appointed to the position of Director of Business Development.
  • A mutual cooperation has been declared for the realization of a revolutionary concept for a significantly CO2-reduced steel production, commonly developed by two companies: Tenova–a company of the Techint Group specialized in innovative solutions for the metals and mining industries–and Salzgitter AG– among the leaders in innovative and sustainable steel and technology products. The name of the concept is SALCOS (SAlzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking) and its aim is to undergo a stepwise transformation process of the integrated steelmaking route, moving from carbon-intensive steel production based on Blast-Furnaces towards a Direct Reduction and Electric Arc Furnace route, including the flexible incremental utilization of hydrogen. This concept is capable of reducing CO2 emissions up to 95% with respect to the entire steel production route.

  • Vacuum heat treating has been added to Paulo’s Monterrey Division plant which has been focusing on stress relieving and ferritic nitrocarburizing since startup. Since startup processing has been focused on stress relieving and ferritic nitrocarburizing.  Adding vacuum equipment is the first step to expanding critical aerospace brazing to include both argon and nitrogen quenching.  The working zone measures 48”x48”x48” with a 3500lb capacity and a maximum temperature of 2400F. The installation will include tempering and testing equipment to support both annealing and hardening processes for a variety of materials.
  • Timothy J. Harris will join ATI as Senior Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer, effective May 6, 2019.
  • A Cleveland-based distributor of heat treat furnaces, pumps, and products, Mountain Rep, has partnered with RÜBIG, an Austrian industrial furnace manufacturer.
  • Andrew Yazot will move from his position as International Sales Manager for Ipsen to Midwest Regional Sales Owner, effective immediately. In this position Yazot covers nine states in the Midwest, replacing former Midwest Regional Sales Owner Matt Clinite, who was promoted to Ipsen Customer Service Sales Manager last month. Yazot, who joined the company in 2009, holds a degree in mechanical engineering and has worked in technical sales for more than two decades.

Equipment Chatter

  • A 2200°F (1200°C) crucible furnace was shipped to a company in the energy industry by Lindberg/MPH. The crucible furnace may be used for a number of applications and processes, including annealing, ashing, carbon firing, ceramic firing, hardening, melting, metalizing, normalizing, sintering, solution treating, and stress relieving.
  • A southeastern US manufacturer of various items used in the production of heavy equipment and transportation devices has purchased a dual chamber heat treating furnace from L&L Special Furnace Co, Inc. The furnace will be used to heat treat the tooling used to manufacture these items.
  • A cooling chamber is currently being used for cooling oven trucks of steel parts at the customer’s facility. The No. 807 was supplied by Grieve Corporation.
  • A manufacturer in the composite industry has purchased a natural gas-fired heavy duty walk-in furnace from Wisconsin Oven Corporation.

Kudos Chatter

  • An aerospace maintenance and heat treatment manufacturer based in Elizabeth, Indiana, has launched a new website in order to reach clients across the U.S. and internationally. SAS-INC. is made up of Simpson Alloy Services Inc. and Simpson Aerospace Services.
  • GE Aviation was selected by Aviation Week & Space Technology as a winner of the 62nd annual Laureate Awards, honoring extraordinary achievements in aerospace.
  • PhoenixTM Ltd has been accredited in accordance with recognized International Standards ISO/IEC 17025:2017, general requirements for competence in testing or calibration laboratories.
  • Aleris has been recognized for the second consecutive year with the accredited supplier award by Airbus at a Supply Chain and Quality Improvement Program (SQIP) event in Toulouse, France.
  • Cambridge Heat Treating Inc. CFO Cheryl Mortimer is the recipient of the Women Entrepreneurship Fund and was recognized at an event with Ontario MP Bryan May. Cambridge Heat Treatment Inc. was selected to receive a contribution of up to $100,000 through the WEF program.

Heat Treat Today is pleased to join in the announcements of growth and achievement throughout the industry by highlighting them here on our News Chatter page. Please send any information you feel may be of interest to manufacturers with in-house heat treat departments especially in the aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy sectors to the editor at editor@heattreattoday.com.

 

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